Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-05-12

AN SACuduSS say oHS VI WV
most annoying things about stor-
/ ing winter stoves in summer is
their liability to rust. If lump of
pure lime be placed in the stove
it will completely prevent rusting
on the inside, and if peck or so
of slack lime be kept in the room
where the stoves are stored no out
side rust will form. Lime is a
powerful absorbant Of water, four
quarts having the power to absorb
two quarts of water.
SPRING fever, that attacks us all
as the grass begins to peep through
last years dead leaves, is but a
natural outcropping of the migra-
tory instinct that is everywhere
present in animate nature. If we
had wings we would fly to distant
climes with the birds; but as we
have not, those of us who obey in
stiuct instead Of reason become
tramps, and the rest continue busi-
nesss at the old stand, stiflling ma
ture with a little quinine.
THE sucker is a pioneer among
fish Wherever a stream of water
has been discovered it is safe to say
that the calm, cool, collected sucker
is somewhere thereabouts. The
Ideliberation with which n sucker
swallows a fish-hook goes to show
that he can appreciate good thing
when he gets it--he wants his
sweetness long drawn out. Old
people tell US that the sucker would
not bite in the old days; however,
he bites now, possibly to Keep the
ravenous trout from getdng "the
earth" Most people prefer a trout
to a sucker; yet occasionally we find
person who stands by the pioneer
fish and gives the dudish speckled
trout the cold shoulder.
CONSIDERABLE excitement pre-
walls at Beloit over some fights be-
tween local roughs and Bradburn,
the pugilist. Saturday night James
Collins the runner who is stopping
there, was insulted by local tough,
and Collins gave him good thrash
ing. Tom Hayes, brother Of the
man Collins fought, then took up
this case using disrespectful Ian
gauage towards Bradburn and de-
claring that he could whip him.
Sunday morning Bradburn met Tom
Hayes and gave him severe
pounding. About O'Clock Monday
evening while Bradburn was read
ing in the office of the Grand hotel,
Tom Hayes and several others of
his ilk attacked him in the office
with big stones, breaking in tn he
windows and creating general
panic in the house; but Bradburn
single handed fought and defeated
the crowd and gave some Of his
assailants cracked heads, The affair
is the talk of the town and sym
| pathy is with Bradburn.
MARROW ESCAPE Sunday after
noon Mr.. John Charles narrowly es-
capped from being terribly lacerated
by a barb-wire fence. He was out
with his horse and buggy, and,
stopping at a relatives south Of the
city, tied the horse to a wire fence
and went into the house. Shortly
after il was discovered that the
horse had slippIed the bride off. In
attempting to adjust the bride the
animal became unmangeable, took
fright at the top Of the buggy it is
supposed, and plunged to get away.
Mr.. Charles hung on for a while,
although the bride was still off, the
horse dragging him along against
the reacherous barbs TO leave go
was the proper thing, which be did
not do however until he received
some ugly scratches and his cloth
ing was badly torn. One rip was
high mp on the breast, one about az
the waist, another above the knees,
all reaching in to the flesh, while